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Walter Harris (born 1925) is a British author and broadcaster. He is the author of 9 published novels, several volumes of poetry, numerous articles and spoken word recordings. Recordings of his interviews and broadcasts are held at the BBC Sound Archive and the British Library. ==Life and career== After serving in the RAF, Harris emigrated to Brazil and wrote for two English-language newspapers until being sponsored by a major Canadian-owned public utility, Brazilian Traction, to write and present a series of English-language radio shows on Radio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. Heading North, Harris became an accredited radio interviewer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the arts and entertainment field, mainly in New York. His first interviewee was Ed Sullivan. On his return to London, Harris began broadcasting for the BBC. He interviewed a number of thespians at various stages of their career, and representing every aspect of the theatre, for the archival record, recorded THEATRE 60 which included Harris's interviews with Noël Coward, Albert Finney, Harold Pinter, Peter Hall,and several others, as well as Kenneth Tynan representing theatre critics. The Gramophone reviewed THEATRE 60 as 'arguably one of the best spoken word records ever made'. When Bob Guccione founded Penthouse, Harris became the new magazine's motoring correspondent as well as contributing short stories and articles. At Guccione's suggestion Harris wrote his first novel ''Clovis'' published in England, France and America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Harris (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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